Percona for MongoDB vs. MongoDB
Features, Support, and Cost Comparison
Percona for MongoDB provides a powerful, cost-effective alternative to MongoDB Community, Enterprise Advanced, and Atlas. Delivering enterprise-grade features, flexible deployment options, and comprehensive services and support, Percona eliminates high costs and vendor lock-in, ensuring full control over your database environment.
Deployment options
Percona for MongoDB: On-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
MongoDB Community: On-premises and basic cloud setups.
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced: On-premises, cloud, hybrid.
MongoDB Atlas: Limited to cloud-only environments.
Percona Backup for MongoDB: Comprehensive backup with point-in-time recovery, physical and incremental options across environments.
MongoDB Community Edition: Basic tools only (mongodump/mongorestore), lacking point-in-time recovery and advanced backup options.
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced/Atlas: Offers point-in-time recovery, physical, and incremental backups as premium features.
Backup and recovery
Security features
Percona for MongoDB: full enterprise security, including data-at-rest encryption, SSL/TLS, LDAP/Kerberos, and FIPS-ready components—all at no extra cost.
MongoDB Community Edition: Basic SSL/TLS encryption only; lacks data-at-rest encryption and advanced access controls.
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced and Atlas: Enterprise security features are available but require costly licensing and premium tiers for full access.
Percona Operator for MongoDB: Fully open source, automates deployments, scaling, failover, and backups with no licensing fees; flexible for on-prem, cloud, and hybrid setups.
MongoDB Community: No operator available.
MongoDB Enterprise Operator: Requires costly Enterprise Advanced licensing for advanced deployment features.
MongoDB Atlas Operator: Limited to Atlas; additional costs for advanced features, restricting flexibility.
Kubernetes operator
Monitoring
Percona for MongoDB: Percona Monitoring and Management, an open source tool with full monitoring, query analytics, and alerting.
MongoDB Community: No built-in monitoring; requires third-party tools.
MongoDB Enterprise and Atlas: Built-in monitoring available, but at a cost.
Percona Support: 24/7 expert support with flexible managed services, consulting, and performance optimization at transparent, scalable pricing.
MongoDB Community: No built-in support; assistance relies on forums or external providers.
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced/Atlas: Paid support available, but premium SLAs and faster response times increase costs significantly.
Support and services
Cost and licensing flexibility
Percona for MongoDB: Source-available and open source software with all enterprise features at no additional cost.
MongoDB Enterprise Advanced/Atlas: High licensing fees and automatic, hidden scaling charges lead to unpredictable TCO.
Switch to Percona for MongoDB
Percona for MongoDB provides a cost-effective, flexible, and scalable solution that delivers enterprise-grade features without the constraints of vendor lock-in and high licensing fees.
